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S. U. BARR WINDOW Filed June 3 4 Sheets-Sheet 5 ATTORNEYS toV in theclaims.

SIDNEY U. BARR, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

WINDOW.

Application led June 3, 1920. Serial No. 386,309.

Toallwhomztm concern.'

Be it known `t at l, SIDNEY U. BARR, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the cit of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in t e county'of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Window,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved windowarranged to permit of easily and conveniently moving the sashes up anddown and to render the window airfand water tight at the time the sashesare in closed and locked position and without the use of packing stripsor the like.

Another object is to provide exceedingly strong and durable sash frameswhich can be manufactured at a comparatively low cost.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described andthen specifically .pointed out A practical embodiment of the inventionis represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of thisspeciication, in which similar characters of reerenCeindicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is an inner face view of the improved winddw in position in thewindow 'opening of the wall of a building, the sash 'being in closedposition 'and parts being shown broken out and parts in section;

Figure 2 's an enlarged cross section of the same on the line 2-2 ofFigure 1;

Figure 3 is a similar view of the same with the lower and upper sashesin open position; Figure 4 is a similar view of the meeting rails of thelower and upper sas'hes in meeting position prior tov drawing themeeting rails together when locking the sashes;

y Figure 5 is a lan view of one of the u per corners. of t e window withone of t e pulleys and its housing removed and the weight box and thewall of the building shown in section;

Figuref is an enlarged sectional lan y view ofthe window on the line 6-6of igure 2; and

Figure 7 is a perspective view of one of the reinforcing and connectingknees or brackets connecting the upper ends of the Stiles with thecorresponding rail of a sash frame and to which knees the ends. Of thesash chains are attached,V

dow pane 25 and a metallic sash frame y formed of a meeting rail 26,stiles 27 and a top rail- 28. The several rails and stiles of the lowerand upper sashes 10 and 11 are preferably made of channel iron tocombine li htness with strength. The rails and Stiles o each'sash arefastened together at the corners by brazing or welding and in additionthe upper corners of each sash are reinforced by angular knees ,orbrackets 30 fitting yinto the channels of the channel iron fastenedthereto by screws, rivets or other fastening devices 31 (see Figure 5).Each of the knees 30 is provided with a sidewise extending flange 32 toywhich the corresponding suspension chains 35 or 36 for the lower andupper sashes 10 and 11 are secured. rllhe sash frame for the lower sash10 is provided at its rails and stiles with integral flanges 40 formingan abutment for the outer marginal face of the window pane 20 held inplace at lthe marginal inner face by retaining strips 41 of angle ironfastened in place on the rails and stiles by screws 42 or other similarfastening devices. 1t is understood that the flanges 40 yand theretaining strips 41 are spaced apart to accommodate the margin of thewindow pane 20 and the usual packing or cushion 43. It is understoodthat the retaining strips 41 can be readily removed for convenientlyreplacing a broken window pane 20 by a new one. The meeting rail 23 ofthe lower sash 10 is ro- 'vided with a filling piece 44 of channel ironplaced upside. down in the channel of the meeting rail 23 so as to closesaid channel of the lmeeting rail to provide a solid top for the meetingrail. The sash frame of the upper sash 11 is similarly constructed, thatis, its rails and Stiles are provided with integral retainin fianges `45and retaining strips 46 removab y attached to the rails and stiles byscrews 47 or other fastening devices. The retaining strips 46 for thestiles 27 and the top rail 28 are made of an'gle iron while theretaining strip 46 for the meeting rail 26 is preferably made ofchanneliron removably fastened in place by its screws 47. It will benoticed that the retaining stri 46 for the meeting rail 26 of the uppersas 11 provides a solid top for this meeting rail -and which is flushwith the filling piece 44 (see Figure 2), at the time the sashes areclosed, to form a support for a locking and drawing device 50 attachedto the meeting rails 23,' 26 and which drawing and locking devicecomprises a fixed member 51 secured to the meeting rail 23 and having amovable member 52 adapted to engage a fixed member 53 secured to theretaining strip 4610i1 the meeting rail 26 of the upper sash 11.Themeeting rails 23 and 26 are provided with integral hookshapedinterlocking members 55, 56 adapted to engage one the other on swingingthe sashes 10 and 11 into closing position (see Figure 4) and moving outof engagement on locking the closed sa'shes together by the drawing andlocking device 50, as shown in Figure 2.

The window frame 12 is made of metal and comprises a sill 60, side barsor jambs 61 and atop crossbar 62, and the Iframe 12 is provided) withinner stop beads 65 at the sides and a top stop bead 66, the said stopbeads 65 and 66 being removably fastened in place by screws'or othersuitable fastening devices 67, 68 4(see Figures 2 and 6).. The Windowframe is further provided with outer stop beads 70,71 of which the sidestop beads 70 form integral parts of the side bars or jambs 61 (seeFigurev 6) and the top stop bead71 forms an integral part of the topcrossbar 62, as shown in Figure 2. The outer stop beads 70 and 71 alsoform the scribe moldings for the window frame. Side parting strips75-are set in recees 76 formed in the side bars or jambsf61 and arefastened thereto by screws 7 or other fastening devices and a topparting strip 78 is set in, a recess 7 9 formed in the top crossbar 62,and the said parting strip 7 8 is fastened in place by screws'80 orsimilar fastening de.-

vices (see Figure 2). It is understood that the stop beads and partingstrips form guideways for the sashes 10 and 11 to slide in.`

The sill of the window frame 12 is shaped to correspond to the sill ofthe window opening, as will be readily understood by reference toFigures 2 and 3, and the said sill is providedwith an integral raisedjoint member 85 adapted to be straddled by the front and back arms ofthebottom rail 21 of the lower sash 10 at the time the latter is moveddownward into a closed position (see Figure 2). In order, to form atight joint between the stiles 22 and the parting strips 75 and `betweenthe front member of the bottom rail 21 and the sill joint member 85, thefollowing arrangement is made: The lower ends of the inner stop membersare pro- 'Yided with integral wedges 86 adapted to be engaged bythe'stiles 22 on moving the lower member` 85. It is understood that thelower sash 10 is suspended by its chain 35 in an inward positionat thetime the sashes open,

that is, with the stiles 22 in contact with the inner stop beads 65, butwhen the sash is moved downward into closed position the wedges 86 pushthe sash outward for making the facejoints above mentioned. The uppersash 11 when in open position hangs downward with its stiles 27 incontact with the outer stop beads 7 0, but when the upper sash 11 ismoved into closed position then an inward movement is given to the sashby the Stiles 27 thereof moving into engagement with wedges 87 formed onthe upper ends of the outer stop beads (see Figures 2 and 3). By thisinward movement of the upper sash l1 its Stiles 27 are moved in facecontact with the parting strips 75, and the front member of its upperrail 28 moves into face contact with the top parting strip 78. Now whenthe locking device 50 is manipulated to lock the meeting rails 23 and 26together, as above explained, then this device'coacts with the wedges 86and 87 to render the sashes air and water tight when in closed position.It is understood that Awhen the drawing and locking device .50` drawsthe meeting rails 23, 26 together they make firm contacts at theiradjacent faces, as will be readily understoodoby reference to Figure' 2.n

The suspension chains 35, 36 pass overthe usual grooved pulleys 90, 91journaled in housings 92, 93 removably attached to the top crossbar 62of the window frame in the manner more fully shown and described in anap lication for Letters Patent for a window, erial No. 386,615 filedunder even date herewith, so that further description of the same is notdeemed necessary. The louter ends of the chains 35 and 36 support theusual counterbalancing weights 100, 101 extending witllin the weight box102 and separated from each other by a partition 103. 'Access to theweight boxes is had by removable lsections 110 of the side bars 61 ofthe window frame.

The stiles 22 are' provided with sash binders 115 mounted to swing andhaving cam members 116 adapted to pass between the Stiles and the innerstop beads 65 to lock the lower sash 10 in place when in open positionto prevent lowerin or raising'rof the sash from the outside. he bottomrail 21 of the lower sash 10 is providd with a suitable handle 120 topermit the user to conveniently move the lower sash 10 into open orclosed position. The to crssbar 62 of the window frame is provlded withfront nov and rear flanges 125, 126, of which the rear ange is providedwith upwardly extendingll arms 127 enga ed by bolts 128 for fasteningthe arms to t e wall 14 (see Figure 3) to hold the window frame vinplacein the window openin l Hav'ng tins described my invention, I claim :isnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent v 1. In a window, a windowframe and a lower sash, thevwindow frame having a sill provided with araised member, the said frame havin stop beads and parting Strips formingui eways for the Sash to Slide in, the sai stop beads being providedwith inclines, the said sash having Stiles and a bottom rail of invertedchannel shape adapted to straddle the said raised member, the Stilesbeing ada ted to engage the said inclines to press t e bottom rail intoengagement with the raised member and to press the Stiles against theparting Strips to `form a tight joint between the said contacting parts.l

2. In a window, a window frame and a sash, the window frame having stopbeads and parting strips forming guideways for the Said sash to slidein, the stop beads having wedges and the said sash having stiles andrails, of which the Stiles are adapted to engage the said wedges topress the Stiles against the parting strip and thereby form face jointsbetween the Stiles and parting strips.

3. A window, comprising a window'frame and lower and upper sashes, thewindow frame having inner and outer Stop beads and parting stripsformingguideways for the sashes to slide in, the stop beads being provided withwedges, the window frame having ya sill provided with a raised member,the sashes having StilesL and rails, of which the lower ends of theStiles of the lower Sash are adapted to engage thewedges at the lowerends of the inner stop beadsto pressthe Stiles against the] partingstrips and the bottom rail against the said raised member, and the upperends of the Stiles of the upper sash are adapted to engage the wedges onthe outer -Stop beads to press the Stiles.

against the parting strips, anda drawing and locking device on themeeting rails of the said sashes to draw the meeting rails in freeContact with each other at the time the sashes are in closed position,the Said drawin and locking device coacting with the said wedges to movethe sti'es into face contacts with the parting strips.

4. rt-window'. comprising a metallic window frame and 'low-er and uppersashes hav-v ing s'tilesf-fand rails, the window framehaving inner-andouter' stop beads and side and top parting Strips forming gui-deways forthe said'fsash Stiles to' slide in, the

inner stop beads having/'Wedges at their lower ends' andthe outer stopbeads having wedges at their upper ends, the said window frame having asill provided with an integral yraised joint member, the Stiles of thelower sash being adapted to engage the wedges on the inner Stop bead andthe Stiles of the upper saslibeing adapted to engage the wedges' on theouter stop bead, and a drawing and locking device engaging the meetingrailsfof the-said loweriand upper sashes` the said drawing and lockingdevice and the said wedges on closing and locking the sashes coacting`to form tight joints between the Stiles of the sashes with the sideparting Strips, to torni a tight joint between the bottom rail ot thelower sash with the said raised joint member,-to form a tight jointbetween the top rail of the upper sash and the top parting strip and toforni a tight joint between' the meeting rails.

5. A window, comprising a metallic window frame and lower and uppersashes having metallic Stiles and rails, the window frame having innerand outer stop beads and side and top parting stri s forming guidewaysfor the said sash sti es to slide in, thel inner Stop beads havingwedges at theirlower ends and the outerstop beads having wedges at theirupper ends, the said window frame having'a sill provided with anintegral raised joint member, the Stiles of the lower Sash being adaptedto engage the V,wedges on the inner stop beads and the Stiles of theupper sash being adapted `to engage the wedges on the outer stop bead, adrawing and locking device engaging thev meeting rails of the said lowerand vupper sashes, the Said drawing and4 lookin device and the saidwedges on closing an locking thev sashes 'reacting to form tight jointsbetween -the Stiles ot the sashes with theside parting strips, to form atight joint between the bottom rail o't the lower sash with the Said'raised oint member. to form a tight joint between the topli'ail ot' theupper sash ,and the'topvpaitingfstrip and `tofforin la vtight jointbetween lthe .meetingr rails, asiispension'devicefor thesaid lower Sashto h'old'rtheI latter inward with fits Stilesl invengagement with theinner stop beads and out of engagement with the 'j'iz'irtiiig strips atthe time the lower sash is open. and al Suspension device for the saidupper sash to hold the latter outward with its Stiles in engagement withthe outer Stop beads and out of engagement with the parting Strips atthe time the upper sash is open.

6. A window, comprising a metallic window frame and lower and uppersashes having metallic Stiles and rails, the window frame having innerand outer/sto beads and side and.- top parting S'tripef oiimingguideways for the Said sash stilesto vslide in,.y the inner stop beadshaving wedges at their lower ends and the outer sto beads having wedgesvat their upper ends, he Said window frame having a sill provided withan integral raised joint member, the stilesl of the lower sash beingadiapted to engage the wedges on the inner stop bead and the stiles ofthev upper 4sash being adapted to engage the wedges on the outer lstopbead, the meeting rails of the said upper and lower sashes havingintegral hook-shaped interlocking members adapted to engage one theother on moving the sashes into closed position and vprior to lockingthe same, 4and a drawing and locking device engaging the meeting railsof the said lower and upper sashes, the said drawing and locking deviceand the said wedges on closing and locking the sashes coacting to formtight joints between the Stiles of the sashes with the side partingstrips, to form a tight joint between the bottom rail of the lower sashwith the said raised joint member, to form a tight joint between theytop rail of the upper sash and the top parting strip and to form atight jointl between the meeting rails, at the same time moving the saidinterlocking members of the meeting rails out of engagement with eachother.

7. In a window, a window frame and a lower sash, the window frame havinga sill provided with a raised portion. said sill ing depressed from thetop of said raised portion further on the outside than on the j inside,said raised portion being tapered on the outer side, said Jframe havingan inverted substantially 'U shaped bottom rail positioned to straddlesaid raised'member and adapted' to have one of its legs striking theinside part of saidsill without the other leg coming in contact with theoutside part of said sill, said last mentioned legA forming a tightjoint with the beveled side of said raised portion, and at the same timeproviding a water ldrip on the sash.

8. In a window, a window-frame provided at the bottom with a raisedjoint, a lower sash mounted to slide up and down saidy window-frame,said lower sash having Ian inverted substantially U-shaped bottom rail,the legs of which are tapered inwardly ad- 'aoent their edges, said'raised joint having a eveled side and asubstantially straight side,

said U-shaped bottom rail straddling said' raised joint when said sashoccupies its lowermost position, and said tapering ends of said railpinching both sides of said raised joint by reason of the tapering oftherespective ends, thereb forming a tight joint between the said raiand said raised joint. 9; A window comprising a window-frame providedwith a pair of guide-ways at each side thereof and grooves at the topbetween said guide-ways, suspended sashes sliding in said guide-ways,the upper rail of one of said sashes when closed fitting in one of saidgrooves, an integral raised joint at the bottom of said Iframe for thelower end of the other sash, the lower ends of the inner walls of theinner guide-ways and the upper ends of th'e outer walls of the outerguide-Ways' being wedge-shaped and directed toward their respectiveopposite walls whereby to cause the lower end of the lower sash to moveagainst the inner fade of said raised J joint, and the upper end of theother sash to move against the outer face of the Wall separating sai-dupper grooves, thereby forming a tight joint at the bottom and at thetop of 'the frameI when` said sashes are closed'.

10. A window comprising a windowframe provided with a pair of guide-waysat each side thereof and grooves between' said guide-ways at the topsaid frame at the bottom being formed with a raised joint etending fromone side to the other and in line with the inner guide-ways, an upperand a lower sash sliding in said guide-ways, the lower ends of the innerwalls of the inner guide-ways being wedge-shaped to force the lower endof the lower sash "against said raised joint, the outer wall of theouter guideways at the top being wedge-shaped to force theupper end ofthe upper sash toward the opposite wall of the groove, and means at thelower end of the upper sash and at the upper end of the lower sash fordrawing said ends toward each other when said sashes are closed, therebyforming a tight joint between said sashes and said windowframe andbetween the lower sash and the upper sash.

' SIDNEY U. BARR.

